Typhoon Etau (2003)

Basin

Western Pacific

Dates

July 31, 2003 to August 11, 2003

Peak strength

Category 3, 110 kt (127 mph)

Lowest pressure

933 mb (27.55 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

17.2

Tropical-storm-force wind reached

270 nmi (500 km, 311 mi) from the center at its widest

Eyewall radius at its peak

35 nmi (65 km, 40 mi)

Overall size

220 nmi (407 km, 253 mi) to the outermost closed isobar

Fastest the center moved

48 kt (55 mph)

Identifier

WP112003

Radar at RODN as it neared land, Aug 7, 00:00 UTC

The sources count different things and are not added together.

NOAA’s Storm Events database, the record National Weather Service offices compile months after a storm, as compiled March 2026.

Deaths

0 (0 direct, 0 indirect)

Injuries

0

Property damage

none recorded

Crop damage

none recorded

Events recorded

1 in 1 reports from 1 states and marine areas

State by state

What was recorded

1 rip current.

• Super Typhoon KujiraWestern Pacific · 2003Cat 4135 kt · 904 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2003Tropical Depression30 kt · 1000 mb
• Typhoon Chan-HomWestern Pacific · 2003Cat 4115 kt · 927 mb
• Tropical Storm LinfaWestern Pacific · 2003Tropical Storm55 kt · 982 mb
• Tropical Storm NangkaWestern Pacific · 2003Tropical Storm45 kt · 991 mb
• Typhoon SoudelorWestern Pacific · 2003Cat 4115 kt · 927 mb
• Typhoon KoniWestern Pacific · 2003Cat 165 kt · 976 mb
• Super Typhoon ImbudoWestern Pacific · 2003Cat 4130 kt · 910 mb
• Typhoon MorakotWestern Pacific · 2003Cat 165 kt · 976 mb
• Typhoon KrovanhWestern Pacific · 2003Cat 290 kt · 954 mb
• Tropical Storm VamcoWestern Pacific · 2003Tropical Storm35 kt · 997 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2003Tropical Depression
• Typhoon DujuanWestern Pacific · 2003Cat 4125 kt · 916 mb
• Super Typhoon MaemiWestern Pacific · 2003Cat 5150 kt · 885 mb
• Typhoon Choi-WanWestern Pacific · 2003Cat 3100 kt · 944 mb
• Typhoon KoppuWestern Pacific · 2003Cat 290 kt · 954 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2003Tropical Depression25 kt · 1002 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2003Tropical Depression30 kt · 1000 mb
• Typhoon KetsanaWestern Pacific · 2003Cat 4125 kt · 916 mb
• Super Typhoon ParmaWestern Pacific · 2003Cat 4130 kt · 910 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2003Tropical Depression25 kt · 1002 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2003Tropical Storm35 kt · 997 mb
• Typhoon MelorWestern Pacific · 2003Cat 175 kt · 967 mb
• Typhoon NepartakWestern Pacific · 2003Cat 175 kt · 967 mb
• Super Typhoon LupitWestern Pacific · 2003Cat 5145 kt · 892 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2003Tropical Storm35 kt · 997 mb

A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.

Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.

• Wikipedia article: Typhoon Etau